Though his parents married in Guilford in 1824, and were enumerated there in the 1830 through 1870 censuses, Benjamin's June 1863 Civil War draft registration record and Maine death record card give his place of birth as Blanchard, Maine (about 13 miles northwest of Guilford). The record of Benjamin's birth on the Silas Bursley family page of the Guilford VRs indicates that he was born in Guilford --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33P1?i=53
but this page for Benjamin and Jane shows Benjamin's birthplace as Blanchard --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-3QWY?i=227
Enumerated in the 1850 federal census in Guilford, Maine, living two households away from his soon-to-be wife, Jane N. Washburn.
"MARRIAGES--In Guilford, June 25th, by Charles Loring, Esq., Mr. Benjamin F. Bursley and Miss Jane N. Washburn, all of Guilford." in the Piscataquis (Me.) Observer, 6 Jul 1854, p3. (courtesy of Member #46953331)
See also Marriages in Guilford VRs at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33KY?i=115
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33P1?i=53
but this page for Benjamin and Jane shows Benjamin's birthplace as Blanchard --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-3QWY?i=227
Enumerated in the 1850 federal census in Guilford, Maine, living two households away from his soon-to-be wife, Jane N. Washburn.
"MARRIAGES--In Guilford, June 25th, by Charles Loring, Esq., Mr. Benjamin F. Bursley and Miss Jane N. Washburn, all of Guilford." in the Piscataquis (Me.) Observer, 6 Jul 1854, p3. (courtesy of Member #46953331)
See also Marriages in Guilford VRs at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33KY?i=115
Though his parents married in Guilford in 1824, and were enumerated there in the 1830 through 1870 censuses, Benjamin's June 1863 Civil War draft registration record and Maine death record card give his place of birth as Blanchard, Maine (about 13 miles northwest of Guilford). The record of Benjamin's birth on the Silas Bursley family page of the Guilford VRs indicates that he was born in Guilford --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33P1?i=53
but this page for Benjamin and Jane shows Benjamin's birthplace as Blanchard --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-3QWY?i=227
Enumerated in the 1850 federal census in Guilford, Maine, living two households away from his soon-to-be wife, Jane N. Washburn.
"MARRIAGES--In Guilford, June 25th, by Charles Loring, Esq., Mr. Benjamin F. Bursley and Miss Jane N. Washburn, all of Guilford." in the Piscataquis (Me.) Observer, 6 Jul 1854, p3. (courtesy of Member #46953331)
See also Marriages in Guilford VRs at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33KY?i=115
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33P1?i=53
but this page for Benjamin and Jane shows Benjamin's birthplace as Blanchard --
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-3QWY?i=227
Enumerated in the 1850 federal census in Guilford, Maine, living two households away from his soon-to-be wife, Jane N. Washburn.
"MARRIAGES--In Guilford, June 25th, by Charles Loring, Esq., Mr. Benjamin F. Bursley and Miss Jane N. Washburn, all of Guilford." in the Piscataquis (Me.) Observer, 6 Jul 1854, p3. (courtesy of Member #46953331)
See also Marriages in Guilford VRs at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-33KY?i=115
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